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Drugs and cash found in boot of hire car at Melbourne airport

Jessica Wright

Car rental cleaners were stunned to discover more than $800,000 worth of the drug ice and cash stuffed into the boot of a hire car.

The cleaning staff at a vehicle rental firm found the illicit drugs and $200,000 in cash as they were washing the car after it was returned to the Melbourne Airport depot on Wednesday.

The shocked employees immediately alerted police who have confiscated the car for the duration of their investigations.

Police have confirmed the report, first aired on radio station 3AW, with a spokeswoman saying there was “an ongoing investigation in relation to drugs and cash having been located at Melbourne Airport yesterday".